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My hair is an aesthetic choice… At the same time, how you wear your hair is a political statement as well.

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Erykah Badu
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 26
Actor
Composer
Jazz Musician
Poet
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Dallas
Texas
Erica Abi Wright
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Hair
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I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.
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People are uncomfortable with sexuality that’s not for male consumption.
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The girls just like to be in the shoes. They like to scuff up the floors and walk around in high-heeled shoes that are too big for them, all over the house.
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But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different.
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I have advice for people - period - who are in unhealthy relationships: Follow your heart. It will get you to where you need to be. Sometimes it's hard, sometimes it's easy, the places that your heart takes you. But continue to follow it. Where the train leads you - you'll get there.
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Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do.
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I have an organization called BLIND [Beautiful Love Incorporated Nonprofit Development], so named because even though my interest is in the black community, because that's where I grew up and that's where I'm most skilled in fixing things, it doesn't end there.
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My eyes are green, Cause I eat a lot of vegetables, It don't have nothing to do with your new friend
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I encourage breaking free of self inflicted holding pens. I encourage the use of intelligence in every decision. I encourage creating.
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I'm a Pisces, so I'm a very closed-book kind of person.
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I'm a complete human being. I'm very emotional and loving. I feel, I hurt, I give, I take, and also I think. I analyze. I'm a sociologist, anthropologist.
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I think we [with Riccardo Tisci] share a sensibility about art - we pull from the ancient future.
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The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.
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My nine-year-old daughter is very creative and colorful and trendy.
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I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that.
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Now keep in mind that I'm an artist and I'm sensitive about my sh*t
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I love being an entertainer - not really fond of being a celebrity.
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I grew up listening to old soul
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I love putting the music together. It's like art
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